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Former SNC head charged with fraud

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Feb 11, 2013 / 9:27 am

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Lawyer Michel Massicotte, who is representing former SNC-Lavalin CEO Pierre Duhaime, speaks to the media after a preliminary hearing at the courthouse in Montreal on Monday, February 11, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Pierre Duhaime, the former chief executive of Canada's biggest engineering firm, has been granted more flexibility to travel within the country pending trial on fraud charges.

Duhaime, a prominent Quebec businessman and once the head of engineering powerhouse SNC-Lavalin (TSX:SNC), was formally charged with fraud on Monday.

He was not in the courtroom as his lawyer, Michel Massicotte, pleaded not guilty on his behalf.

A change was made to conditions surrounding Duhaime's release. Initially, he was forbidden from leaving Quebec. The Crown has now agreed he can travel elsewhere in Canada, but not go beyond its borders.

"We asked that his conditions permit him to go across Canada for purposes of work, to give him better opportunities and it was considered to be a reasonable alternative," Massicotte said outside the courtroom.

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